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Any man who has gone about much to the county fairs in New York—almost the only place where the farm folks gather in large numbers—can not but have been struck by the high character of the average countryman.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Any man who has gone about much to the county fairs in New York—almost the only place where the farm folks gather in…”
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Roosevelt observes the high character of country folk at county fairs, highlighting their virtues.
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